Police said just after 10 p.m. Monday, a 19-year-old man, later identified as Jesse Whitfield, was found in the parking lot of the UPS store on East McDowell Road in Jackson. Emergency officials said he had been shot six or seven times.

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Whitfield was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

Whitfield is a UPS employee, company officials said. There was security on-site, UPS said.

No arrests have been made in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.